Environmental awareness is driven mainly by the scarcity of natural resources and by more strict legal regulations. The modern enterprise policy should look at the relations between economic actions and ecological consequences. Ecoproduction is a new business approach which focuses on the most efficient and productive use of raw materials and natural resources in order to minimize footprints on the natural environment. This book aims to provide the state- of- the- art as well as new ideas of the environmental conscious operations management. The contributors present in the individual chapters...

This book presents quantitative methods and techniques for the evaluation of the sustainability of business operations and an organization's overall environmental performance.

This book covers the emerging environmental issues in the automotive industry through the whole product life cycle. It provides a practical application of tools and methods for solving business practice problems.

The aim of this book is to present qualitative and qualitative aspects of logistics operations and supply chain management which help to implement the sustainable policy principles in the companies and public sector's institutions. Authors in individual chapters address the issues related to reverse network configuration, forward and reverse supply chain integration, CO2 reduction in transportation, improvement of the production operations and management of the recovery activities. Some best practices from different countries and industries are presented. This book will be valuable to both...

This book covers technical, organizational, financial and social issues connected to the implementation of more sustainable technologies. It will be valuable to both academics and practitioners who wish to deepen their knowledge of technology management.